In a country like India, where primary education remains a luxury for many, higher education is a crucial avenue of serious upward mobility, not least because so few get access to it.

JNU VC deserves our compliments for his thick-skinned persistence with his mission and his unwavering loyalty to his masters, writes Shajahan Madampat.

I have no one to blame but the current administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University that left no stone unturned in their sadomasochistic assault on one of India’s finest seats of learning.

Her colleague, Prabhat Patnaik, an economist, political commentator and a professor emeritus at JNU, says the current executive council of the JNU seems to be unaware of even the meaning of 'an emeritus professorship'.

The BJP North West Delhi MP, who was on campus to perform at an event, took up the cudgels against the Nehru-Gandhi family over the Kashmir issue.

It is particularly significant not only because JNU has been under siege since 2014, but also because it sends a profound signal to the entire nation.

N. Sai Balaji, presidential candidate of the Left, defeated ABVP's Lalit Pandey and Thallapalli Praveen from BAPSA.

The new rules allow the universities to increase the intake capacity of foreign nationals both in research and contract jobs.

The JNUTA had earlier launched a three-day 'Satyagraha' inside the campus to raise these demands.

Johri was accused of sexual harassment by as many as nine female students at the University.